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Judge — November 11, 1911 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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This page contains humorous commentary and cartoons typical of Judge's satirical style. **Top cartoon** depicts the physical chaos of excessive golf playing—people sprawled about in exhaustion, establishing the running joke about golf's popularity and its toll. **"Decisions of the Cynic"** offers sardonic observations on marriage, social climbing, and human behavior—standard cynical humor of the era. **"Court News"** section parodies legal proceedings with witty exchanges between attorneys and judges, mocking courthouse absurdities. **Lower cartoons** feature domestic and social situations: a father's overseas trip, family conversations about ancestry ("Bunker Hill"), and driving culture references. The humor relies on recognizable middle-class scenarios and period-specific concerns about inheritance, travel, and automobiles—all popular satirical targets in early 20th-century American magazines.
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a yi ZZ Ws Ww on tr Youn THE PHYSICAL EFFECT OF TOO MUCH GOLF. Decisions of the Cynic. Handed Desom by JOE CONE. HAT’S some men’s meat is other men’s porridge. Rents are high on Easy Street, and hard to get. Whiskey won't drown merely keeps it afloat. The bluffer may get by, but it’s not often he can come back. The loud talker never has a large au- dience if exits are handy. The fellow who acknowledges he has heard the story before is never very popular, It’s all right to be a live wire, but it is not necessary to scorch everybody with whom you come in contact. If the cat doesn’t come back, it is usually not because she is dead, but be- cause she has found a better home. sorrow; it =00 “* Your father’s trip abroad seems to have done him a great deal of good, Miss Packer.’ “Yes, indeed; he looks better, feels better, and as for appetite, honestly, it would do your heart good to hear him eat.’’ There are some people who don’t want the earth, but it is merely because they don’t want the bother of looking after it. It isa safe bet that the person who doesn’t know enough to go in when it rains doesn’t know enough to go out when it is pleasant. A Matter for a Higher Court. 66] DON’T understand why Matilda has sued me, judge,’’ protested the de- fendant in a recent breach-of-promise suit. “I only did the asking, while she did the promising.”” They Think They Can. Miss Passe—'‘One can’t bunco Father Time.” Carrie Caustique—"Still, women keep on trying."’ a lot of He—"" My great grandfather fell at Bunker Hill." She—*' Ice or banana peel ?"" Court News. (From the Polkville, Atk., Weebly Clarion.) RAXTON B. SAGG was fined ten dollars in the Justice Court this morning for shooting at P. J. Horsley, the liveryman, and missing him. Told to the Court. Attorney—*Why do you wish a di- vorce from your wife?”’ Mr. Sagg—"‘Uh—kaze I’s mar'd to her, 0’ cou’se, sah!’” Decision of Lower Court Sustained. Howell—'‘Do you believe in hered- ity?” Powell—‘‘1 should say I did! I mar- ried the daughter of a judge and she is always laying duwn the law to me.”” HE BAKER who gets the dough is one who made the batter. “« Look, Edna, that 's Count Nodough, the famous duelist.'’ “ Did he kill anyone ?”” “Only since he took to driving his own auto,’’ e© © @ © © © © © @ @ comicbooks.com